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• Google Releases 4.3 OTA for HTC One and Galaxy S4 Google Play Editions – Now, THAT’S a timely update! • Jelly Bean passes 40% Android adoption, but just 6.5% of devices run version 4.2 – And this is with 4.3 starting its rollout. • Google announces Android Device Manager coming later this month, an …

• Apple’s Next iPad Mini Will Likely Have ‘Retina’ Display From Samsung – Despite earlier rumors that said Apple wouldn’t do a retina iPad mini until next year, the WSJ says production has already begun on the small tablet with a higher-res screen. But Apple has A6-based iPad mini without Retina display in the works …

• Looking at CPU/GPU Benchmark Optimizations in Galaxy S 4 – AnandTech says Samsung’s Galaxy S4 is designed to run faster when certain benchmarking apps are run on it, in effect rigging benchmark numbers. But Samsung claims innocence in face of benchmark-rigging allegations • Now That It’s in the Broadband Game, Google Flip-Flops on Network …

• Apple Says SVP Bob Mansfield “No Longer” on Executive Team, But Gives No Explanation as to Why – Mansfield had quit Apple, only to be lured back to become senior VP of Technologies. But his bio was removed Sunday from the company’s executive team pages, and Apple has offered only a vague explanation as …

• When ‘Smart Homes’ Get Hacked: I Haunted A Complete Stranger’s House Via The Internet – Do you have an Insteon home automation system? One that lets you access your home’s components via the Internet? You will want to read this . . . • Instagram users complain after being struck by mysterious ‘smoothie hack’ …

If you’re interested in big-screen smartphone that uses Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS, and if you’re willing to pay a premium to get it, the Nokia Lumia 1020 is the phone to consider – particularly if photography is important to you. This is the best camera on any smartphone at the moment, and it’s going to give photo-happy owners of iPhones and Android devices some serious Windows Phone envy. …

• “What Is That Box?” — When The NSA Shows Up At Your Internet Company – The NSA showed up at the offices of a small Utah ISP and wanted to install a device that captured all of one specific customer’s traffic. It sucked up data for 9 months before it was removed. • Freedom …

• Microsoft takes $900 million hit on weak Surface RT sales, misses earnings estimates and Microsoft’s $900M Surface RT write-down: What happened? – Microsoft’s inability to sell its underpowered, overpriced Surface RT tablets has resulted in it having to write off nearly a billion dollars. But not all is bad on the hardware front – …

• Spygate Lawsuit Accuses NSA of Unconstitutional ‘Dragnet Electronic Surveillance’ – A broad coalition of groups sues the NSA in the wake of disclosures about its electronic surveillance. • Responding to government legal demands for customer data – Microsoft again details, as much as it legally can, what it does and does not provide to …